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561 works of pan-African thought. 3 matching current filters.

RegionAllWest AfricaEast AfricaSouthern AfricaNorth AfricaCentral AfricaCaribbeanDiaspora
GenreAllFictionNon-fictionPoetryDramaAutobiographyFolklore
EraAllPre-colonial Oral TraditionsColonialPost-colonialHarlem RenaissanceNegritudeContemporary
Notebook of a Return to the Native Land
1939
Aimé Césaire

Long surrealist poem about returning to Martinique, coining 'négritude' and celebrating Black identity.

CaribbeanPoetry
Received Wisdom
1945
Léopold Sédar Senghor

Senghor's collected poetry of the Negritude period — lyrical celebrations of Black African beauty, cultural memory, and the mother continent. Senghor was also the first president of independent Senegal.

West AfricaPoetry
New and Collected Poems 1931-2001
2001
Aimé Césaire

The complete poems of Aimé Césaire, including Notebook of a Return to the Native Land and the later lyrics. Césaire co-founded Negritude and served as mayor of Fort-de-France for 56 years.

CaribbeanPoetry